8.25.2009

giveaway

It's been ages since I've done a giveaway and my anniversary month (which is almost over already-yikes) is a good time to do it. I bought a box lot of vintage stamped-for-embroidery quilt blocks on Ebay this spring and there were lots of repeats. Like these kitty-themed quilt blocks. Cute designs and relatively easy to embroider—even for a beginner. Mostly straight and outline/stem stitches with a few French knots and lazy daisy flowers.

The storybook cat block is from the 1960s, the cat scratching the tree is older, possibly 1940s but probably 1950s. Either would make a super cute pillow, framed picture, or the central block of a small doll-size quilt.

So, if you're interested in possibly winning this pair of cute kitty blocks, leave a comment. I'll take entries until Thursday evening and announce a winner on Friday. International shipping can be a problem with some items but I can fit both of these in a standard envelope and mail it first-class international (it may take a while to arrive but it will get there eventually). So, I'm opening this up to everyone, no matter where you live. Yay!

Just a note that I moderate comments, so don't panic if you don't see yours go up right away. And I'm still not getting email notification about comments so have to log in to get them. Not sure what's up with that.

They're really great. Embroidery is my latest obsession... I hope I win :-)RE the comments not being emailed: when you go into 'settings' then into 'comments' in Blogger, you need to put an email address in two sections: for 'comment moderation' AND for 'comment notification email'. If you've got that and it's not working, then I'm out of ideas - how frustrating for you :-(

Gina, thanks for trying to help but that's not it. I've always had them set that way and about a month ago I stopped getting the emails. I was starting to wonder why nobody was commenting (maybe I was getting boring?) and I went in to my dashboard and there were about 20 comments sitting there waiting for me to approve. I just can't figure it out. Maybe I'll try a different email address and see if that works.

I cross-stitch and am learning needlepoint and embroidery these last few months. Kittens and yarn and thread are fun things in my house - my cat, Tatertot, likes to watch me cross-stitch and try to bite the floss when she thinks I'm not looking *heh*

Oh, what memories. Somewhere in my pile of UFOs is a stamped linen piece from the late 1960s. It has a picture of a cat with a pattern of lazy daisies on it, and the title "I Love My Cat". I never have finished it, now I need to get it out, untangle all the thread that I bolloxed up at age 10, and put it to rights.

Those cats are the cutest. The one reading...well, that is so me. (and my hubby Sean, and my daughter Jessi).

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About Me

I'm a freelance graphic designer with a home-based business crafting pillows and home accessories from vintage materials. I also resell some of the vintage treasures I find on my flea market trips, so look for buttons, trims, aprons, sewing patterns, accessories, cute baby things, and linens on my web site and Etsy shop.